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hackling up

hackling up is the present participle and gerund of hackle up.

Meaning of hackle up

Verb

hackle up (third-person singular simple present hackles up, present participle hackling up, simple past and past participle hackled up)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To have one's hackles raised; to become annoyed or frightened.

Questions about hackling up

What is hackling up the present participle and gerund of?
Hackling up is the present participle and gerund of hackle up.

Words near hackling up in the dictionary

  1. Hackley
  2. Hackleys
  3. hacklike
  4. hacklikes
  5. hackling
  6. hackling up
  7. hackly
  8. hackman
  9. hackmanite
  10. hackmanites
  11. Hackmann

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